[nylug-talk] Attack on the NYLXS Server

[Ron Guerin]

Ruben Safir wrote:
> I've been stiring the paid trolls on usenet in comp.os.linux.advocacy pretty goof and now we
> are suddenly seeing messages like this coming across the mail server.
> 
> I'm wondering what you guys think, if this is an overt hacking attempt of our systems.

If it's anything, it's an attempt to be a nuisance by getting a bot at 
ThinkGeek subscribed to your list, which would then continually reply to 
every message it received with an autoresponse until you removed the 
address from your list.

- Ron